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LHNCC agenda: 26 March 2024

Date and time: 18:30 to 20:30, Tuesday 26 March 2024

Venue: Anchor East, Heart of Newhaven, 4-6 Main Street, Newhaven, Edinburgh EH6 4HY.

Please note that there will be a presentation by Cllr Cammy Day, Leader of the City of Edinburgh Council, on the ‘Regeneration of North Edinburgh’ at the start of the meeting –before LHNCC ordinary business.

  1. Introductions, apologies
  2. Declaration of interests
  3. Minutes of February 2024 meeting (link to draft minutes)
  4. Matters arising
  5. Residents’ issues
  6. Police update/response to issues raised
  7. Standing items and updates
    • Planning
      • Ocean Terminal
      • Seafield
      • Western Harbour Ponds (PAN)
      • Local Place Plans
    • Licensing
    • Transport
      • Trams
      • Buses
    • Environment
      • Water of Leith Basins Stakeholder Group Meeting
      • Discovery Garden
      • Edinburgh Green Spaces
    • Heritage
      • Scottish Heritage Buildings (SHBT)
    • Community
      • £eith Chooses (feedback)
  8. Community Councils Scheme Review and boundaries
  9. Councillor/MSP/MP responses and updates
  10. Key diary dates ahead of next meeting
  11. AOB
  12. Date of next meeting – Tuesday 23 April 2024 (Custom House)

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LHNCC agenda: 23 January 2024

Date and time: 18:30 to 20:30, Tuesday 23 January 2024

Venue: in-person only at Custom House, 65-67 Commercial St, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6LH

PLEASE ENTER VIA THE SIDE DOOR ON THE QUAYSIDE

  1. Introductions
  2. Apologies for absense
  3. Minutes of November 28th meeting (link to PDF of draft minutes)
  4. Matters arising (those not covered in this agenda or carried forward)
  5. Residents’ issues advised to officers prior to the meeting
  6. Position of LHNCC Secretary
  7. Police report (link to report PDF)
  8. Standing reports (from our Leads)
    • Planning
      • Upskill training in planning for LHNCC
      • Former Bingo Hall, Manderston Street (LLCC Area)
      • Upgrading of Cables Wynd and Linksview
      • Ocean Terminal
      • Discovery Garden
      • Local Place Plans
    • Licensing
    • Transport
      • Update on Edinburgh Tram operations
      • CCTT
      • Update on EBUG
    • Environment
    • Heritage
      • News from SHBT
    • Community
      • £eith Chooses Voting Day, 27th January
      • North East Locality Community Planning Partnership, LIP development
      • Review of Edinburgh Community Council Scheme and Boundaries
      • Survey by Leith Links CC on LTN and CPZ
  9. Edinburgh City Councillors’ reports
  10. Local MSP’s and MP’s reports
  11. LHNCC Treasurer’s Report
  12. EACC update
  13. AOCB, issues raised during this meeting etc.

Dates of future meetings

  • Tuesday 27th February 2024
  • Tuesday 26th  March, 2024
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Parks and Greenspace update (31 March)

(adapted from an email sent to LCCC on 31 March 2020)

Here are a couple of briefing notes that have been issued regarding the measures the Parks and Greenspace Service are putting in to place to help contain the spread of Coronavirus.

  • The first one details the general approach for all our parks and greenspaces across the city
  • The second regards those details specific to the Pentland Hills Regional Park.

All events that were scheduled to take place in April and May in a park have been either postponed or cancelled. CEC will keep you informed when any guidance is issued for those booked in June, July and August.

Obviously as time goes on litter/bins and things relating to health and safety in some parks may become issue’s. Can those who are not in self-isolation and who are taking their daily exercise in parks please keep their eyes out for any problems and report them via https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/report

There are still some Parks Officers, Rangers, Forestry, and others from Greenspace along with the Waste teams, still on the ground and inspecting parks and emptying bins. However, with so many areas for them to monitor, it’s taking a little longer than usual. So if we can alert them to serious problems in specific areas these can be prioritised appropriately.

Please just let me know if you need any further information.

Sarah Murphy
Senior Programmes Officer
Parks, Greenspace and Cemeteries
Level 3.1, Waverley Court
4 East Market Street
Edinburgh, EH8 8BG
Tel: 0131 529 7955
Sarah.Murphy@edinburgh.gov.uk

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Parks consultations: please have your say – thrice!

(adapted from a rather confusing email from Edinburgh Council) 

Survey of events in parks

This year’s survey about events held in parks across the city in 2018-19 has been published today: https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/copy-of-copy-of-parks-events-review-2018-19.

This surveyfocuses on views and comments on a range of events which took place between October 2018 to September 2019. Events include the Beltane and Samhuinn Fire Festivals on Calton Hill, the Summer Sessions and the Virgin Festival Fireworks in West Princes Street Gardens, the Circus and Colour Bomb Carnival in Sighthill Park and many more.

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